One Step at a Time (George Strait album)

One Step at a Time is the eighteenth studio album released on April 21, 1998 on MCA Nashville Records by American country music singer George Strait. The album produced the singles "I Just Want to Dance with You", "True", and "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This", which respectively reached No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1998.

One Step at a Time
Studio album by George Strait
Released	April 21, 1998
Recorded	September 1997
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	38:18
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony Brown George Strait
George Strait chronology
Carrying Your Love with Me (1997) One Step at a Time (1998) Always Never the Same (1999)
Singles from One Step at a Time
"I Just Want to Dance with You" Released: April 13, 1998 "True" Released: June 22, 1998 "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" Released: September 8, 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]

Track listing

1. "I Just Want to Dance with You" (Roger Cook, John Prine) – 3:30
2. "One Step at a Time" (Earl Clark, Luke Reed) – 4:06
3. "True" (Marv Green, Jeff Stevens) – 3:34
4. "Remember the Alamo" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:31
5. "Maria" (Robert Earl Keen) – 4:39
6. "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" (Jim Lauderdale) – 2:31
7. "Why Not Now" (Steve Bogard, Stevens) – 3:21
8. "That's the Breaks" (Dean Dillon, Royce Porter) – 3:39
9. "Neon Row" (Jimmy Jay, Donny Kees) – 4:41
10. "You Haven't Left Me Yet" (Dana Hunt Black, Kent Robbins) – 3:46

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, pedabro
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar, acoustic guitar
• Steve Nathan – piano, synthesizers, Wurlitzer electric piano, accordion
• George Strait – lead vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, high third guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart positions

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	2
Canadian RPM Country Albums	3
Canadian RPM Top Albums	23

References

1. One Step at a Time at AllMusic
2. Chicago Tribune Review
3. Entertainment Weekly Review